 Tired of long-term commitment plans? Then Appalachian Wireless has the new plans for you. No credit checks, no contracts, and most of the features of PostPaid is ForwardPaid. The simpler way to do wireless on the region's premier cellular provider. And it starts as low as $19.99 a month with unlimited talk and text. We are you. We are Appalachian Wireless. SOHR has partnered with Grant Ready Kentucky and other local partners to bring their grant writing workshop to Paintsville, Kentucky, May 18th and 19th. Last year we started having conversations about building grant capacity throughout eastern Kentucky. So there's an unprecedented amount of federal, state, private foundation dollars. And we wanted to do something to better prepare our non-profits, local governments, educational institutes to be competitive. Grants are very competitive. And so we decided to form a workshop that's essentially an immersive two-day experience that really drills down to the basics of a NOFO, a Notice of Proposal, and work your way through the components of a grant. But also understand the best practices of how to do things, how to build partnerships, how to get letters of support, how to develop your budget. Registration is $25 and spots are limited. Registration will close Monday, May 16th. I mean, grants are critical to rural communities. I think if you watch the news, you see all the time that local governments and other organizations are getting grant dollars. But what folks don't always understand is the competitive nature. So with this unprecedented amount of funding, there's more groups forming, more groups going after those same dollars. So it's really important to position yourself to be competitive. And a lot of times, people have really good ideas. They just lack a little bit of focus and clarity. And these workshops really help people understand not only the components of writing a successful grant, but also understanding the importance of partnerships and learning other best practices to really position yourself to get to the top of the list to be considered for the funding. For more information, go to SOAR on Facebook. Reporting for Mountain Top News, I'm Brianna Robinson.